Is this what my dating life has become? Someone has nice teeth so we will probably be a match? LOL! Here is another crazy story with many twists and turns.
I was at my nephew’s Ladies Day party for his Fraternity a couple of months ago (the same one I mentioned in a previous story). My niece and I were having so much fun making margaritas, making guacamole and dancing. We saw this husband and wife walking down the street in front of the party. I say to them, you both should come in, we have lots of food and drinks!
Well, unbeknownst to me, they were coming into the party anyway. I said welcome, here is the lay of the land. Food, drinks, fun - you name it.
They say to me, which one is your son? I said, me? Oh no, I forgot to get married and have kids. But I have an awesome nephew who is just over there.
They said, are you single? I said yes, single as a dollar bill. My niece chimes in and says, honestly, Aunt Sue hasn’t ever been married because it hasn’t been high enough on her to do list. She has been busy having too much fun.
I look at my niece and said, is that how you view it? She said, yup! I thought to myself, what an awesome response. Leave it to a teenager to articulate it perfectly.
So, this couple says, wait a minute, we got a guy for you. He lives up in Wisconsin and we would love to make the introduction. His wife died a couple of years ago and we really want him to meet someone great. I said sure, bring it on!
So, I exchange numbers with the couple and continue on with the party. I don’t think much of it. A couple of weeks later, I receive a text from the couple saying they want to meet me up in Lake Geneva where we can all have dinner.
Now, I know I have mentioned this 1,000 times but, generally speaking, I don’t need an audience for an introduction. However, I know they are being protective of their friend, so I agreed.
The tough part is, Lake Geneva is about 2 hours from Chicago, so I said, let’s find a weekend to make it happen. Because of the distance, it all kind of fell by the wayside again.
A couple of weeks later, I realize I am going to be in Wisconsin for vacation. I send them all a text and said maybe this would work for us?
Just the guy texts me back and said great, let’s just get together the two of us. Can we talk on the phone first? I said for sure.
So, he calls me, and we have a nice conversation. I learn his passion lies in sailing and skiing. And he is definitely a small town cheesehead through and through. Ironically, he lives about 20 minutes from where I am staying so we make plans to meet while I am in town.
Then he said a boss move (in my opinion). He said, I am not really good at dating. Can we just meet as friends? That way there isn’t any pressure or anything. I thought, what a way to take the heat off the situation. I said that sounds great.
I told him I am staying at a cool house with a pool, etc but am having friends up all week. He inferred that he would like to join us at the house. Once again, I am not comfortable with that group scenario so I told him we could meet somewhere else for a quick cup of coffee or something.
Either way, I told him I would text him when I arrived in Wisconsin.
It occurred to me that we don’t even know what the other looks like? So, I sent him a picture of me at the house when I arrived. He doesn’t say anything about the picture and he sends me a picture of him back.
Um, this man has somewhat of a “Bob” haircut. It is long to his ears. And, he has a lot of facial hair which is typically not my jam. Could be a Covid thing or could just be normal?
It is so funny when you show a picture of your potential date (or any date) to your friends when you are middle age. They go “ohhhh, he looks so nice”. Or, my one friend said, "but he has nice teeth"? This is what it has come to! I am sure my potential dates friends are saying the same about my picture!
But I am knee deep into this now, so we are moving forward with meeting up. He then says how much he loves my picture and how he is looking forward to getting together.
Unfortunately, the day of our date, I was sick and had to cancel. I believe he didn’t really think I was sick, but I was. And, I haven’t heard from him since.
Should I follow up?
Lesson Learned? You never know how or where you could potentially find a date. Just be yourself and things will happen naturally. This all happened for a reason. Just not sure what it is yet!
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